Improved bedstead,, lounge



NITED STATES S. A. SKINNER,

ATENT RUGGLES, OF FITOHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.

iiviPRovED BEDSTEAD, LOUNGE, AND ei-iAia.

Specification forniirg part of Leit-ers Patent No. 36,l4l, dated September il, 186:2. l

.To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that l, S. A. SKINNER, of Bristol, in the county of Addison and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Folding Bedstead, Lounge, and Chair; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

' clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of my invention adjusted as a bed; Fig. 2, a side sectional view of the. same in a folded state, a: x, Fig. 3, indicating the plane of section; Fig. 3, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar lettersl of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a new and improved .folding bedstead, lounge, and chair constructed in such a manner that it may, by a very simple manipulation, be conveniently converted into any one of the devices above specified, and when not required to be used in any way be capable of being` folded coinpactly, so that it may be stored away in a small space, and also very readily packed in quantities for transportation.

The invention consists in the employment or use of a rectangular frame covered with Wire-netting and provided with folding legs, in connection with a sliding and folding back arranged or applied to the frame in such a inanner that it may be adjusted on the frame to forin the different articles specified.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct niy invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a rect-angular frame of any convenient or suitable dimensions, provided with folding legs B, two near each end. The legs of each pair are connected by a bar, G, and the upper parts of the legs are attached by pivots a to the inner surfaces of the side pieces Zi b, of the 'frame A, so that the legs when not required for use may be folded up in close contact with the bottom of the frame A. Each leg at its outer side is provided with a pin, c, which, when the legs are turned down for use, receives the end of a stay or brace, D, the upper end of which is connected by a pivot, d, to the inner surface of the side piece b to which the leg is attached. These stays or braces may be readily adj usted on or detached from thc pins c, so that the lcgs may be secured in an upright position, or folded up against the frame A when required.

In Fig. l the legs are shown in an upright position to support the frame A, andin Figs. 2 and 3 they are shown folded up against said frame.

The outer surfaces of the side pieces b b of the frame A are grooved longitudinally their whole length, as shown at e in Fig. l. ln each of these grooves e a metal slide, E, is tted, and allowed to work or nioove freely therein. These slides are simply straight bars having two pins, f g, projecting at right angles from their outer sides. The pins f are near one end of the slides, and the other pins, g, fit in the inner surfaces and at the lower part of side pieces h h of a rectangular frame, F, which serves as a back for the device. This back F is covered with wire-netting, like the 'frame A, and the side pieces h h of said back are at such a distance apart that the side pieces b b ot' the frame A may lit'between thein and admit of the back being shoved over the frame A, as will be fully understood by referring to Fig. 3. To the inner surface of each side piece h of the back F there is attached, by a pivot, t', a rack, j. These racks serve as supports for the back F by fitting them on the pins f of the slides, and any degree of inclination may be given to the back F by means of the racks j and pins f, as will be fully understood by referring to Fig. 1. Vhen the back F is adjusted in a very inclined position, not being much elevated above a horizontal plane, as shown in Fig. 1, the device forins a bedstead, the back being near one end of the frame. By adjusting the back in a more elevated' position, as shown in red outline in the saine figure, a lounge or easy-chair is obtained, and by shoving the back F along on the frame A,so as to leave a comparatively small part of the latter in front of the back for a seat, a chair is obtained. When the device is not required for use in any capacity, the back F is folded. down veniently packed in a small compass, so as to eeonomize in transportation. The part-s when folded together, as described, may answer for a. litter.

n Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is n The frame A, provided with the folding legs B, in combi nation with the sliding back F,

connected to the frame A through the medium ofthe slides E, fitted in thelongitudinol grooves e n the outer sides of the side pieces b b of therframe A, and the pivoted racks j, all arranged as and for' the purpose herein set forth. S. A. SKINNER. Witnesses:

H. C. MUNsLL,

HARVEY lVUmsILL.` 

